by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Coronavirus Print & Social Media Resources to help #StopTheSpread. https://about.canva.com/coronavirus-awareness-collection/ Canva Templates The impact of the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19, is being felt around the world. We believe we are better when we work...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
The Ontario Ministry of Finance has launched a survey gathering input on the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. They are targeting this brief survey quite broadly to all sectors and the general public, and there is not an option for FOPL to provide a written...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Super Conference 2021 Update “For 26 years, the OLA Super Conference has brought together the best elements of the library community. It has given us space to share, to dream, to hunker down and get things done, and to spring forward into future opportunities....
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
See which books kids should read this summer! Problem viewing this email? Click here. Here are the 2020 Kid and Teen Committee Summer Reading Lists! We are excited to announce this year’s summer reading lists as chosen by our Kid Committee (Silver Birch and Red...
by FOPLED | Jun 5, 2020 | FOPL News
Dear Federation of Ontario Public Libraries, We hope that you are keeping safe and well during this difficult time. Currently, we are all trying to respect social distancing which can be challenging when working in a library. Therefore, Princh would like to help...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
ICOM Report: Museums, museum professionals and COVID-19 In order to gather information about how the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak is affecting and will effect the cultural sector in the short and long term, ICOM launched a global survey to analyse the impact of...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
New and upcoming research The Canadian Book Market 2019 Our annual tentpole publication, The Canadian Book Market, was released in April. From general to more granular data the report breaks down into 30 subject categories, each one of these categories includes...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
Inspiration Cool idea from my local Timmie’s So, here are some library oriented measures: Within 2 metres (6.5 feet), there is room for: 8.6 regular books of average height end-to-end (cover up of course!) 13 regular books of average width end-to-end (cover up...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
There is some wisdom here to adapy for public libraries as we prepare for more outdoor program activities. Kids will need recess more than ever when returning to school post-coronavirus...
by FOPLED | Jun 4, 2020 | FOPL News
Mapping Indigenous Youth Services – OTTAWA https://www.a7g.ca/resources.html “Over the course of three months, we have worked on a report that maps and highlights Indigenous youth services in Ottawa. The findings came from a literature review,...